Content Distribution
Content Distribution is the process of getting content out of the Content Manager and on to the Presentation Server. To implement Content Distribution on the Content Manager Server, perform configuration tasks on both sides.
- Setting up Content Distribution
Content Distribution requires configuration on the Content Manager and on the Presentation Server. The following procedure provides an overview of the steps involved in setting up Content Distribution. - Publication Targets
A Publication Target defines the information required to publish content using different protocols. - Protocols
A Publication Target specifies, amongst others, information about which protocol to use. The Content Manager supports Local File System, SSHFTP, SFTP, FTP, and HTTP(S) protocols and you can create custom Protocol Schemas. - Target Types
A Target Type specifies a user-friendly name for one or more Publication Targets. When a user publishes content from the Content Manager, they need to select one or more Target Types. Content is then published to the Publication Targets associated with these Target Types. - Publisher
The Publisher service performs the publishing of content in SDL Tridion. In the Content Manager either a user or an automated event triggers the publishing of an item. The Publisher offers this item to the Transport Service. - Publishing
When you publish an item, the Content Manager render engine renders content using templates, packages the content and passes it on with publishing information to the server specified in the Publication Target. - Publishing Queue
The Publishing Queue lists all publish transactions that are scheduled, publish transactions that are queued, publish transactions that are being processed, publish transactions that have been successfully completed, and publish transactions that have failed. - Transport Service
The Transport Service assembles Published items, together with any other items on which it depends, into a Transport Package which it transports to the Content Deployer. - Configuring a proxy server
Publishing content often involves sending data from a corporate network to a public network. You may need to configure proxy servers, intended to minimize the risk of unwarranted external access to the corporate network, to make such publishing possible. - Managing the code page of published content
When a user publishes Component Presentations and Pages, code page values for these items are included. These values are initially set in the Publication Target in the Default Code Page setting. You can override this setting in your Template. You can also map the code page to a Java character set name.